TripAdvisor Reviews Ikoisanso Karuizawa

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Yokohama station was interesting enough for a couple of hours with lots of cheap local eating places to explore before heading to the ship.

It was a *************vincing Rachelle to take a cruise but its finally paid off and she can see the appeal.. As long as just for very limited time. Its such an easy way to see the world, and still has that romance of ...

... back in Japan. I've not been here since 99 I worked out. Rachelle said it was 2000 she was last here. The memory is still remarkably fresh though. It's a very friendly and safe place. The food is delicious, the culture is curious and modern, yet ancient temples are always nearby. Anyway I'm being told to get going out of this cafe and to keep exploring. ...

... we finished up with an all you can eat and drink Shyabu Shyabu, which is thinly sliced meat cooked in broth. So once again Kareoke was required which is never really a good Idea when Josh can grab a microphone. Lauren as expected faired better. On the 21st we went to Harajuku the stylish section of Tokyo, which is certainly different to our stylish. After that we visted Josh's Japanese teacher at her Friends house in the ...

... friendly, wild deer. They would let you stroke them, but would also steal food from prams to the horror of screaming Japanese babys. We climbed to the summit of the mountain on the island and enjoyed the view and 100% humidity... well one of those. On the 8th we headed to Kyoto the old capital of Japan and the cultural hub. We climbed another mountain this time it was Fushimi Inari a mountain which has over 10,000 Tori gates (open archways which are used in ...

... am to see the fish auction. Josh finally got some good Japanese conversation out of the Taxi driver. The fish auction started at 5.00 and ended at 5.20, it's just a blurr of numbers being shouted out beside massive Tuna. It's a sight to see. We then got the Shinkensen (bullet train) to Takayama, a small city with many traditional style buildings. The train journey itself was great the Japanese countryside is beautiful and so green it would give Ireland a run for it's money. ...